Hanele
Hanele
Release: 1999-11-04
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 4.3
Drama
Romance
Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, who grows up just after the First World War in a little Ruthenian schtetl which, in true Hassidic fashion, awaits the arrival of the Messiah. But Hanele decides to follow the Zionists instead. She moves to the city to prepare for her departure to the Promised Land, where she meets a successful businessman named Ivo Karadzic, who has renounced Judaism to become a free-thinker. Their love for each other doesn’t only drive Hanele’s parents to distraction, it also threatens to destroy the entire community in the schetl.
Production Countries
Czech Republic
Production Companies
Česká televize
Cast
Rudolf Máhrla
as Old Kac
Daniel Margolius
as Student
Pavel Rímský
Táňa Fischerová
as Mom
Václav Chalupa
as Šlojme Kac
Dušan Sitek
Milan Lasica
as Grandpa Šafar
Alois Švehlík
as Leib Abramovič (voice) (uncredited)
Mikuláš Křen
Lada Jelínková
as Hanele Šafarová
Rudolf Kubík
Radim Kalvoda
as Benci Fux
Peter Šimun
as Leib Abramovič
Magdaléna Sidonová
Jozef Kubáník
Miroslav Noga
as Ivo Karadžič
Martin Hofmann
Jiří Pomeje
as Lieutenant
Martha Issová
Zuzana Fišárková
Marie Ludvíková
Stanislav Zindulka
as Jid Fajnerman
Luděk Munzar
as Narrator (voice)
Hana Frejková
Eva Holubová
as Ester Fuxová
Lucie Žáčková
Jan Kraus
as Salamon Fux
Petr Meissel
Ján Sedal
Erik Peťovský
Hanuš Bor
as Pinches Jakubovič
Lenka Svadbíková
Jiří Ornest
as Dad
